DESPITE being accepted at Silliman University College of Law, detained activist Myles Albasin expressed fears that she might not be able to attend online classes.

In a Facebook post on September 6, her sister Marley Albasin shared that Myles enrolled at the SU Law for the first semester of Academic Year 2021-2022.

“We trust that you will devote time and utmost effort in your studies, and the University’s tradition of academic excellence and Christian Service,” the acceptance letter of SU Law read.

“We look forward to providing you with quality legal education that will prepare you for insightful, creative and ethical participation in the legal profession,” it added.

But Marley lamented that Myles would need permission from the court to use gadgets and access to internet inside the prison.

Myles, an alumna of University of the Philippines Cebu, was one of six young adults arrested for alleged possession of firearms and improvised explosives in March 2018.

“Her case is in a new court now, and that would be years again until her case will be over. In the meantime, her law study inside detention will lessen the number of years she will spend law once she gets out of jail,” Marley said.

She expressed hope that the court will allow detainees “whose cases are not yet decided” to pursue their dreams.

“There is no law that deprives one to pursue educational aspirations, my sister should not be deprived of it,” she said.

“The detainees stay for so long in jails, and then get their cases dismissed, but a lot of years already have been spent for charges that are false and incredulous like my Ate’s,” she added.

Constitutional law professor Antonio La Viña said that he mentors Myles in her studies.

He added that their team was still in the process of determining how Myles could attend her classes virtually despite being in detention.

Although they had tested negative for gunpowder in a paraffin test, the group collectively known as the ‘Mabinay 6’, are marking their third year in jail in Negros Oriental.